Ilkin Amirov moved all in for 142,000 from early position and found a call from Darren Elias in the hijack. The cards were turned over to find the two racing for Amirov's tournament life.
Amirov:
Elias:
The board fell , keeping Amirov's fives in the lead and allowing him to double to about 300,000. Elias, on the other hand, has dropped to 325,000.
Jose Quintas opened his hijack to 20,000 only to have Nick Petrangelo three-bet to 50,000 from the button. Thomas Muhlocker was in the small blind and he waited for about a minute before moving out a four-bet to 125,000. Both Quintas and Petrangelo let their cards go, allowing Muhlocker to win the pot.
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Jonathan Karamalikis and Dominik Nitsche took a flop of in a raised pot. Karamalikis checked and Nitsche fired out a bet of 27,000. Karamalikis came over the top for 67,000 and Nitsche replied by shipping all in for 243,000. Karamalikis instantly called and the hands were tabled.
Karamalikis:
Nitsche:
Both players smashed the flop with Nitsche's set of jacks coming out on top. The board finished with the and the and Nitsche doubled to about 540,000. Karamalikis' stack fell to 216,000.